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| Quote: headhunter "0... The club moved North because the only interested buyer was in the North.'" Does this mean that Man Utd are moving to the US, or Man City to the middle east?!
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There wasn't free tickets, plus the crowds for the opening few are double in Wrexham what they were in bridgend. I didn't want an argument on this but all you folk claim that league will die because people arent coming out to watch the small town clubs is daft. We lose 2000 in Leigh (which we wont), we've gained 8,000 in Wrexham. It's sad because there is such a gulf between the two comps, you CANNOT tell me scenarios like 05 were a good thing, teams full of journeymen aussies. We're one and a tiny bit years into the franchise system, more youngsters are coming through than ever, players are filtering down to the next level (you've got three from us which you cannot say hasn't improved your team) and I say give it a chance. I responded to this thread initially because for me the biggest contributor to this SL/Chp 'war' is disgruntled northern Chp teams. If teams work together it doesn't have to be such an issue. I genuinely see a brighter future together, forging links with ourselves is a good start. Not everyone can be at the top, especially when you're a small town in wigan
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Quote: "Do you mean competition in terms of promotion and relegation? Because the game is not strong enough at Championship level to sustain it. As a Leigh fan, you saw first hand in 2005 what happens when clubs that are not good enough are promoted. You can't say that did anyone any good, and neither did having Castleford and Salford coming down and dominating the Championship every year before going straight back up. The leagues are actually lot more competitive and unpredictable since promotion and relegation was scrapped. Would Barrow have been able to win the league last season if there was still promotion and relegation? No, it would have been won by a full-time Castleford side that would have been promoted again, and then relegated again the following year. This is also stopping Championship clubs from stretching their budget too far to try and match the relegated Super League side and ending up going bust, as clubs like Widnes and Doncaster did. As well as this, Super League clubs are now blooding far more local youngsters and are less reliant on second-rate Aussies without the fear of relegation. So it's a good thing all-round that promotion and relegation was scrapped.'" Then why not have the best of both with the promoted team safe for a year or two and the relegated club not receiving a parachute payment. [size[iSo it's a good thing all-round that promotion and relegation was scrapped[/i[/size Of course it is - providing you are in SL
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There is a gulf between the comps because 99% of the money goes to 30% of the RFL member clubs
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You only get what you do because the RFL give it to you. If it was up to sky they wouldnt bother with the Thursday night slot, which would be a shame. Quote: "Then why not have the best of both with the promoted team safe for a year or two and the relegated club not receiving a parachute payment. So it's a good thing all-round that promotion and relegation was scrapped Of course it is - providing you are in SL'" The gulf is too huge to not have a parachute payment, they'd probably go bust. It could just be me but a couple of the Chp squads are better than ever and I think this will continue as more dual reg players make their way into that level. What that also does is flood the market a bit so that players cant demand such ridiculous wages for part time work. The underlined bit I could go for but i'd still rather move towards an 18ish team two tiered conferences
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Hull KR | 29 | 731 | 344 | 387 | 44 | ||
Warrington | 29 | 769 | 351 | 418 | 42 | ||
Leigh | 29 | 580 | 442 | 138 | 33 | ||
Salford | 28 | 556 | 561 | -5 | 32 | ||
St.Helens | 28 | 618 | 411 | 207 | 30 | ||
Catalans | 27 | 475 | 427 | 48 | 30 | ||
Leeds | 27 | 530 | 488 | 42 | 28 | ||
Huddersfield | 27 | 468 | 658 | -190 | 20 | ||
Castleford | 27 | 425 | 735 | -310 | 15 | ||
Hull FC | 27 | 328 | 894 | -566 | 6 | ||
LondonB | 27 | 317 | 916 | -599 | 6 |
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Wakefield | 27 | 1032 | 275 | 757 | 52 | ||
Toulouse | 26 | 765 | 388 | 377 | 37 | ||
Bradford | 28 | 723 | 420 | 303 | 36 | ||
York | 29 | 695 | 501 | 194 | 32 | ||
Widnes | 27 | 561 | 502 | 59 | 29 | ||
Featherstone | 27 | 634 | 525 | 109 | 28 | ||
Sheffield | 26 | 626 | 526 | 100 | 28 | ||
Doncaster | 26 | 498 | 619 | -121 | 25 | ||
Halifax | 26 | 509 | 650 | -141 | 22 | ||
Batley | 26 | 422 | 591 | -169 | 22 | ||
Swinton | 28 | 484 | 676 | -192 | 20 | ||
Barrow | 25 | 442 | 720 | -278 | 19 | ||
Whitehaven | 25 | 437 | 826 | -389 | 18 | ||
Dewsbury | 27 | 348 | 879 | -531 | 4 | ||
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